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Pushing Ice

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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Summary

2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they're good at it.

The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of the solar system at high speed. As layers of camouflage fall away, it becomes clear that Janus was never a moon in the first place. It's some kind of machine - and it is now headed toward a fuzzily glimpsed artifact 260 light-years away. The Rockhopper is the only ship anywhere near Janus, and Bella Lind is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach. In accepting this mission, she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny - for Janus has more surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome.

©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2010 Tantor Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Solar System Short Story
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"[Reynolds is] a genius for big-concept SF and fans of Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama and Larry Niven's Ringworld will love this novel." ( Publishers Weekly
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The plain ‘meh’ front cover and title arent anything to judge this book on. If like me you factor those things into your selections i would usually swipe past when browsing. Included in membership too whoch is a bonus. This is my first Alastair Reynolds book and wont be the last!

Wow!

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Loved this book, but the pace of the second half is a little tedious.

Worth a credit though!

Gripping book, but a bit slow paced in the second half

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An excellent standalone Reynolds book, better than Terminal World, but still suffers from an ending that leaves you wanting more

Brilliant

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I really enjoyed this epic space adventure. The only issue I had with it was that the epilogue plays twice. It is duplicated in the end credits. However, I thought the narrator was brilliant and I will be looking for more of his work as well as Alistair Reynolds.

Epic Space Adventure

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One of the more enjoyable listens in a while. Good story line and narration. A perfect Alistair Reynolds.

Great listen

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